"Super 8" has been done before...

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UPDATED: Thursday, June 16, 2011 00:43
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WHOZIT

Thursday, June 9, 2011 9:33 PM

...so many times before

http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/super-8-leaks-creature-glimpse

TERRAN57

Friday, June 10, 2011 10:07 AM

Yeah so was Star Trek. I want new start trek I want life withy the Rikers. JJ Abramson is a twit that will not stay with a plot for long. Maybe this super 8, he'll hold the camera still long enough to actually see a scene, not the 3-5 second shots that made up the whole dang Star Trek movie.

Terran57

SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:10 PM

Did I miss something here? How was the film? Did it entertain? Or were people actually looking for flaws before actually going to see the movie? Inquiring minds want to know.

How was it the same as...........whatever? What film, Cloverfield you say. (Didn't Abrams produce that film) Okay. Similarity noted. How is it that this has been done before. Let's see, a monster movie - usually destroys/terrorizes a city or small town......check. Usually, especially during the early 60s and into the 70s, the monster is cheesy-looking once revealed.....check. Usually involves the military either trying to stop it or trying to keep it secret....check. Sci-fi usually involves a commentary on the ills of society, but I really didn't get that from this film. I thought of it as a nostalgic wink-wink of the movies of those days.

One reviewer even suggested that it was a modern-day or updated E.T. Perhaps because of Spielberg's involvement as a producer. Come on, we all know he had more than a producer role in this. Everyone knows that Speilberg began by filming movies on - you guessed it - Super 8 film. So yeah, he did a lot more than produce. So yeah, it did seem somewhat familiar - E.T., Close Encounters, It Came from Outer Space. But it had heart, it was funny and it reminded me of the sense of wonder I had when I was a kid. For me, it was a homage to those flicks of our youth - Them, War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still. To be honest, it wasn't about the monster at all, but about those kids. Done before, modern-day E.T., you betcha! Nevertheless, a well done popcorn movie, and given that Cloverfield made triple what it cost to make.........well, that's no gauge for a successful movie, is it?

To be fair, that industrial video that was "leaked" showed nothing but an arm of the monster. And, although it was a key element within the film, revealed little of the plot or story, but was used to pique interest. I'm thinking that they felt pressured into leaking out something because of the competition (X-Men, Green Lantern coming out next week), but I was stoked since I heard that Abrams and Speilberg were collaborating. Is it going to Oscar consideration, of course not, was it a fun ride - you betcha!

SGG

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. - Alfred Hitchcock

ECGORDON

Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:55 PM

And then there are other schools of thought.

http://templetongate.net/super8.htm

STORYMARK

Monday, June 13, 2011 2:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Terran57:
I want new start trek I want life withy the Rikers.

I'll just chuckle at the contradiction here....

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

STORYMARK

Monday, June 13, 2011 2:22 PM

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Or were people actually looking for flaws before actually going to see the movie? Inquiring minds want to know.

Bitter Trekkies went with their knives out for Abrams, who don't realize that if not for the film they revile so, Trek wouldn't be going at all.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ECGORDON

Monday, June 13, 2011 2:29 PM

I went into both Star Trek and Super 8 hoping to like them. I didn't have an agenda before hand.

I didn't care for Abrams Trek because I thought it was a sloppy mess, not because of all the changes to canon. I liked Super 8 much more, but still felt disappointed with the cliched script and characters.

STORYMARK

Monday, June 13, 2011 4:41 PM

And that's cool. Not saying everyone who dislikes either has an agenda, just that there are some who do.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ECGORDON

Monday, June 13, 2011 7:32 PM

Gary Westfahl seems to agree with me, or me with him, whichever.

http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2011/06/familiar-invaders-a-review-of-
super-8/

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:03 PM

Bitter Trekkies went with their knives out for Abrams, who don't realize that if not for the film they revile so, Trek wouldn't be going at all.

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Yeah, die-hard Trekkies are very protective of their "property" but I guess we would feel somewhat the same if someone came along and messed with our BDH. I know, apples and oranges. Actually, I kind of agree with the Super 8 review and the comment regarding Star Trek, both films were "fun" with flashes of inspiration but ultimately left me kind of - well, like when you eat chinese food, an hour later "what's in the fridge". I did not like the ending of Super 8, and the whole thing with the renegade Romulan in Star Trek was offputting. I rate Super 8 slightly above Star Trek, good popcorn movies both, but I'm not eagerly awaiting the DVD.

SGG

Let's be bad guys.

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